The Birth of Journalism (1400–1799)
Journalism in the 1800s (1800–1899)
Journalism in the 1900s (1900–1999)
Journalism in the 2000s (2000–Current)
Random Journalism History
100

Where was the earliest known journalistic product circulated?

What is Ancient Rome?

100

What was the press party era in U.S history?

What is When news editors recieved support from political parties?

100

In the early 1900s, as a reaction against the ethical excesses of yellow journalism, how did the American newspaper industry begin to shift its operatic?

What is by emphasizing objective reporting, factchecking, and establishing formal journalism schools and awards like the Pulitzer Prizes?

100

What year did The Boston Globe’s Spotlight team begin publishing their landmark investigative series exposing systemic sexual abuse and cover-ups within the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston?

What is 2002?

100

This Latin phrase meaning "for the public good" refers to legal or journalistic work done for free.

 What is pro bono?

200

What is Daniel Defoe famous for?

What is he is the Author of Robinson Crusoe?

200

Did America expierience growth during this time?

What is Yes?

200

Which of the following best describes the primary methodology and goal of early 20th-century "muckraking" journalists such as Ida Tarbell and Lincoln Steffens?

What is investigating and exposing corporate monopolies, political corruption, and social injustices to prompt public reform?

200

Which major American newspaper started a widely copied modern digital subscription strategy by introducing its metered paywall in March 2011?

What is The New York Times?

200

It is the introductory paragraph of a news story, usually containing the "5 Ws" and the "H".

What is the lead (or lede)?

300

What is the Boston newsletter?

What is the first successful and continuously published newspaper in the British- American colonies?

300

How did political parties influence newspapers in the party press era?

What is patronage?

300

How did the sensationalist style of "yellow journalism" practiced by Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst primarily influence public opinion leading up to the Spanish-American War in 1898?

What is by exaggerating Spanish atrocities in Cuba to stoke public outrage and rally support for military intervention?

300

What title did WikiLeaks give the 2007 U.S military Apache helicopter attack video in Baghdad?


What is Collateral murder?

300

In journalism, this 2-word term refers to a source whose identity is kept secret, famously exemplified by "Deep Throat" during Watergate.

What is an anonymous source?

400

What is the stamp act?

What is A law passed by the British government that forced American colonists to pay tax on all paper items?

400

What was the sedition act?

What is an act that made criticism of the federal government illegal? 

400

Upton Sinclair’s 1906 investigative exposé The Jungle revealed horrific sanitary and labor conditions in the meatpacking industry. What was the direct legislative outcome of this type of muckraking journalism?

What is the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Federal Meat Inspection Act of 1906?

400

Which two major publications shared the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for their relentless investigative reporting on Harvey Weinstein that ignited the global #MeToo movement?

What is The New York Times and The New Yorker? 

400

This 10-letter term describes investigative journalists of the Progressive Era who exposed corporate and political corruption.

What are muckrakers?